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I know that if you have time and are stupid, you can pull them out before thay get too bad.
I heard about this last summer. My uncle was (God rest his soul) a crop consultant in Jackson, MN. He said he had clients who were battling waterhemp last year to no avail. The guys that put down pre-emergent were doing fine, the ones who didn't were going 4x on the glyphosate and still failing. Gonna have to pull the old row cultivators outta the grove and get them sand blasted and painted up.
The next weed to show up will be Palmer Amaranth. That one will be extremely nasty. It has worked its way up from down south as well and is now confirmed in Iowa!
I was back at my dad's yesterday for a quick visit. He told me the cranberries were ripening, so I drove out to look at them. It was a tiny clover plot about 6 years ago. Hasn't been tilled since way back then. It's solid 5 foot tall thistles in there. Thankfully all my cranberry and chokecherry are above that with weed mats underneath.That's exactly what happens here. Disturb the soil in any manner and boom....thistles everywhere.
Liberty has been no problem to get the last 2 years. And Bayer is building a new plant to keep up with demand in Michigan. Also there is a generic coming on the market that may cheapen things up the next few years. Seed Cost is under $40 a bag for Liberty Beans, verses Roundup at $50 or more. Liberty is $15 per pass, Roundup $5 per pass. Many products on the market for Pre's, Warrant, Optill Pro, Valor, Verdict, Fierce........
But Roundup is now known as just a grass killer because there are so many gly resistant weeds because of it. Cost may be more for Liberty, but weeds can cost way more than the herbicide and seed combined if continued to let grow during the season.
I spoke with a neighbor that plants RR beans on RR beans for years he has horsetail weeds in one of his fields (horsetail just laughs at Gly.) This year he switched to Liberty Beans and that field is the cleanest I have ever seen it. I'm going to keep my eye on that field next year to see if the horsetail comes back.Liberty has been no problem to get the last 2 years. And Bayer is building a new plant to keep up with demand in Michigan. Also there is a generic coming on the market that may cheapen things up the next few years. Seed Cost is under $40 a bag for Liberty Beans, verses Roundup at $50 or more. Liberty is $15 per pass, Roundup $5 per pass. Many products on the market for Pre's, Warrant, Optill Pro, Valor, Verdict, Fierce........
But Roundup is now known as just a grass killer because there are so many gly resistant weeds because of it. Cost may be more for Liberty, but weeds can cost way more than the herbicide and seed combined if continued to let grow during the season.